~Travel Friends & Friends 8~

India
Tiger Safari
Ranthambore & Women's Co-op

 

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Goats along the road
Camel carts used for transportation goods

 

 

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"Ride Sharing" India style
Straw woven huts

 

 

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Cow dung for heating and cooking
This is a wedding invitation for entire village

 

 

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Village house

Women's Co-op

Dastkar Ranthambore is a nonprofit organization that produces handicrafts created by local villagers, particularly women, from the area around Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, India.

The mission of Dastkar Ranthambore is to use craft production to improve the economic and social status of villagers by providing new sources of income, paying fair wages, marketing their goods and telling their stories. And to effect long-term social change in and around Ranthambore. This gives the woman an opportunity to learn a skill and earn money.

 

 

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Small worship shrine

 

 

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Wood blocks for printing designs on the fabric
Dipping the block in the dye

 

 

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Each design is put on, multiple blocks to add all of the colors. The edges are put on block after block to create the lines.

 

 

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All fabric is prewashed and hung to dry
Water Buffalo

 

 

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Two modes of transportation
   
   
   
   
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